Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sentence Placement

My paragraph is the fourth paragraph on pg. 65. It talks about how Kamal enjoys having his mother's attention. The paragraph starts off with, "He was pleased by her interest" (65). At first glance, this seems like a pretty simple sentence. The second sentence is, "A feeling of bliss and power he experienced only during this final lesson of the day coursed through him" (65). Both of these sentences are the exact opposite. The first draws your attention because it's short and to the point. In the latter, the author uses phrases like "a feeling of bliss and power" and "lesson of the day coursed through him". These phrases grab my attention because they drag out what they're trying to convey with more of an eloquent word choice. If you see round beads all the time, of course you're going to notice the narrow ones and especially if they're right next to each other. The author does an amazing job of putting sentences in an order the reader will notice, like he does here.

1 comment:

  1. Great observations, Alejandra! (I also like your metaphor.) But what does the reader think or respond to when the writer does this? Keep going?

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